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Delta County approves stipend plan for magistrates to handle weekend, holiday on-call duties
Summary
The board approved a roughly $26,000 stipend plan to compensate two magistrates for added weekend and holiday on-call duties; the judge proposed a $20 court-fee increase to fund the cost, and commissioners raised staffing and equity concerns before approving the motion.
Delta County commissioners voted Oct. 8 to approve a stipend-based plan to compensate magistrates for increased weekend and holiday on-call responsibilities related to warrantless arrests and after-hours processing.
Judge Parks presented the plan and said the county’s two magistrates, Amanda Henderson and Gina LeCarte, currently juggle dual duties and that new after-hours demands had grown substantially. “Total cost would be about $26,000,” Parks said, and proposed raising court costs by $20 to fund the…
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